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Patented Jan. 9, 1940 I I I I I 3 UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE- BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Games Slayter and Howard W. Collins. Newark, Ohio, assignors, by mesne assignments, to The Ingleside Company, Newark, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application Mayl'l, 1937,Serlal No. 143,203

4 Claims. (01. 20-1) Thisinvention relates to building constructions Figure 9 is a sectional view of Figure 8 with and refers more especially to the construction and parts broken away. assembly of preformed wall and floor sections. With reference to the drawings more in detail,

Many have realized that prefabricated houses, it will be seen that in Figure 1 several wall .and entirely constructed in factories where producfloor sections are shown in assembled relation-. tion methods and their resulting economy may ship. "The present invention deals particularly be practiced, would solve the problem of provid with the construction of these preformed sections ing well constructed low cost houses for the in a manner rendering it possible to readily segeneral public. Numerous attempts have been cure the sections in assembled relationship.

10 made in this field, but difficulties have been en- This type of preformed section is adaptable to 10 countered in designingpreformed sections capapractically any of the generally used house ble of being readily secured together by relatively foundations. In Figure 1 there is shown a porsimple fastening means without considerable retion of a concrete foundation 2!! having walls 2| adjustment of the sections on the building site and 22. with this type of foundation suitably and without resorting to exposed and complicated supported I-beams, such as 23. are used. Upon '15 fastening means. these supporting means floor sections 24 are It is therefore one of the principal objects of seated. These sections are composed of a' this invention to remove the above difllculties framework of parallel joists 25 extending parallel by providing floor and wall sections preformed to the side wall 2| of the foundation and interin accordance with accepted building construcconnected by the cross member 23. The joist 21 tion and capable of being readily assembled on adjacent this wall differs from the others in that the building site in such a manner that none of it is L-shaped in cross-section. The lateral exthe connections are visible in the finished house. tending portion 23 of this joist extends over the A further object of the invention is the assembly top 29 of the wall 2| and is supported thereby.

of the wall section upon the floor section in a This joist is of the same thickness as the g manner to insure against settling of the walls due joists 25. to shrinkage of the building materials. In ac- The wall engaging ends 30 of the joists 25 are cordance with this invention, shrinkage is renotched to provide a projection 3| at the lower duced to the minimum by supporting the side edge thereof and these projections engage-the 30 wall units on the joists of the floor section below wall 22 for substantially the full width of that 0 the top edges of the joists and the top edge of the wall. Between projections 3| are located filler floor section. As a result, the wall sections are blocks 32 also extending substantially the full exposed to the shrinkage of only a fraction of width of the wall 22 and secured to the projecthe width of the joists. tions. These blocks have a vertical thickness 35 Numerous other objects of the invention, as the same as the vertical thickness of the pro- 35 well as the foregoing, will be apparent as the jections 3| so that their upper surfaces are in description proceeds. the same plane. It will be understood thatthe In the drawings: extending portion 23 of joist 21 is designed so Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a porthat its upper surface will also be in the same I 40 tion of a building with wall and floor sections plane with that of the projections 3| and the 4 joined. filler blocks 32. Over the completed framework Figure 2 is a section taken substantially along of the floor section upper and lower building malines 2-2 of Figure l. terial 33 and 34 may be placed. We prefer to use Figure 3 is a section taken along lines 3-3 of for the upper material 33 fibre board, or the like, H

for carpeting or flooring may be easily added 5 46 Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a portion of the building taken'subthereto. The lower building materiai 34- may be stantially along lines 4-4 of Figure 1. plaster board, gypsum board, or the like. This is Figure 5 is a section along lines 5-5 of Figpreferably used as it makes an excellent ceiling ure 4. material. Building material 34, however, is not 50 Figure 6 isa portion of the building takensubn ssary n th fi st fl r s t s. un s a so stantially along lines 6-6 of Figure 1. finished ceiling in the basement is desired.

Figure 7 is a sectional view of Figure 6 with The floor sections may be made sufficiently long th parts broken away. so that the joists will extend from wall- 22 to the Figure 8 is a portion of the building taken opposite w'all. Normally, however, a section is substantially along lines 3-3 of Figure 1, and made so that one end will rest upon supporting u beams 23 and the other end upon wall 22. Where the sections come together at the supporting beams 23, securing strips may be attached to the building material 40 of each section. The means of connecting the sides of adjoining sections is the subject matter of our copending application Serial No. 143,202, filed May 17, 1937.

It will be apparent that the building material 33 and 34 are placed over the framework in such a manner that when the floor sections are assembled, this material will extend from wall to wall.

The wall sections 35 are constructed over a framework of vertical studding 33 with horizontal studs 31 and 38 across the top and bottom portions respectively. These as well as intermediate supports 33 are secured together in the normal building manner. Over this framework is located inner and outer building material 40 and II. The outer material extends from the top of stud 31 to the bottom of stud 33 and over it shingles, clapboard, or the like may be attached. The inner material is also attached to the top of the stud 31, but stops short of the bottom stud about twelve inches or so. a

The assembly of the sections is as follows: Upon the supporting walls 2|, 22, in which bolts 42 have been imbedded, termite treated plates 43 and 44 are attached and bolted thereto. The floor sections are then seated upon these plates. As seen in Figures 4 and 5, the projections 3| will rest upon plates such as M and may be nailed or otherwise secured thereto. As seen in Figures 2 and 3, the projection 28 will seat upon plates such as 43 and may also be secured thereto. Having secured the floor sections, the wall sections are now placed upon projections 23 and 3|. To aid in the proper alignment of the wall sections and the floor sections, we provide a groove 45 in each of the projections 23 and 3! and a groove 46 in the bottom of each of the studs 33. In these grooves suitable aligning means, such as a metal shaft 41, may be located.

Having thus seated and aligned the wall sections, the studs 33 may be secured to the projections 21 and 3l'by nailing or the like. Since approximately half of the space between the bottom of the building material 40 and the stud 38 is concealed by the floor sections 24, the remaining space is normally concealed by adding a base panel 43.

Figures 6, 7, 8 and 9 show in detail the assembly of the upper floor and walls. In this instance, the studs 31 are the supporting means upon which projections 23 and 3| are seated and secured. Grooves 45 and 46 and aligning means are preferably used in the assembly of these floors and walls.

It will be apparentfrom this method of construction and assembly that no space exists between the top of one wall and the bottom of the next through which air might directly circulate between the floors. Also, this construction practically eliminates all possibility of wall and ceiling cracks caused by settling of the walls, for even when wood joists are used the wall sections. instead of resting upon six or eight inches of shrinkable material, rests upon only a small fraction of this material.

Having described our invention, it will be apparent from the foregoing description that modiflcations within the scope of this invention will be possible from this disclosure and the applicants preserve the right to make such changes, the detail of construction and application of which may fall within the purview of the appended claims.

,What we claim as our invention is:

1. In a building construction, the combination with a supporting means, of a preformed floor section having a portion supported by said means, said section having joists with projections extending from the lower edges of the joists and engageable with the supporting means, filler blocks between the projections forming continuations of the latter transversely of the joist, and a preformed wall section seated on the filler blocks below the top surfaces of the joists.

2. In a building construction, the combination with a supporting means, of a prefabricated floor section having a portion supported by said means,

said section having a framework including joists interconnected by cross members and projections extendingfrom the lower portions of the joists engageable with the supporting means, filler blocks secured between the projections and having their upper portions in the same plane as the upper portions of the projections, and a preformed wall section seated on the joists and the blocks below the top surface of the floor section.

3. In a building construction, the combination with supporting means, of a preformed floor section having portions supported by said means, including a joist having a projection extending from the lower edge thereof and engageable with the supporting means, a second joist extending parallel to said means and having a portion extending laterally outwardly from the lower longitudinal edge thereof and engageable with said means, and preformed wall sections having their lower edges seated upon the projection and the portion below the top surface of the floor sections.

'4. In a building construction, the combination with supporting means, of a preformed floor section having portions supported by said means. including joists provided with projections extending from one end of the joists in a direction of the length of the latter and seated on said means, a second joist extending parallel to said means and having a portion extending laterally outwardly from the lower longitudinal 'edge thereof and seated on another portion of said supporting means, and preformed wall sections having their lower edges seated upon the projections and the portion below the upper surface of said floor sections.

' GAMES SLAYTER.

HOWARD W. COLLINS. 

